Chute for garbage.



E. ROBERSON.

CHUTE FOR GARBAGE.

APPLICATION FILED IUIIE 5,1912.

31,253,99 Patented Jan. 8,1918.

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A rTo n N En! ELISA RBERSN, O TUJIA, TEXAS.

CHUTE non GARBAGE.

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Specification' of Iietters Patent.

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Application led'un'e 5, 1917. Serial No. 172,973.`

To all whomt may concern.

'Be it known that lf, ELLA RonnsoN, a citizen of the United States, 'residing at rfulia, in the county of Swisher and State of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements `in'Chutes forGarbage, of which the following is'a specification.

This invention relates to conveyers, and

more especially to chutes; and the object of the same is toY produce an outdoor structure or bin which is erected as a lean-to behind the kitchen of the country house, or in fact the kitchen of almost any house, and capable of storing and receiving several of the most needed articles in daily life, and having means for delivering them tio or receiving them from the housewife whenever the occasion arises, as" well as means for replenishing certain of the articles from the eX- terior and withdrawing others from time to time.

. lThe invention consists in the general structure and arrangement of parts, and particularly of those parts which relate to the disposition' of the garbage, av matter which ise'ver a vitali; subject for consideration by tl e housewife; The invention also provides bins for an: ample supply of coal and wood, on`which' she can draw when these articles are needed; and due consideration is given tothe man of the house who must lill the bins from the exterior and? take away the garbage pan for theincineration or disposal of its contents'.

Details willbe found in the following specification, reference beingA had to the ac* companying drawings wherein Figure 1 is a plan view of this structure complete excepting that its cover is removed, and this View shows in outline a portion of Jthe kitchen and illustrates the position of the stove.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the bin on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, showing the kindlinpdrawer as partly withdrawn.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3-3 ofrFig. 1, showing the garbage drawer as partly withdrawn.

Fig. i is a* sectional detail on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3, showing the guides for the garbage drawer.

Let us designate the kitchen by the letter 6 built transversely across the bin. The topv ofthe bin is closed exceptl for an opening covered with a. door 3 above the coal compartment e. The door in Fig. 2' is shown open, and the top 2 in Fig. 3 closes the garbage compartment so tight as to prevent the entrance of insects and the escape of odors from the garbage, but this compartment may have a tall vent pipe as illustrated. As shown in Fig. 1 there may be an end door 9 in the bin which should also close tightly and preferably be fastened in some manner. lThe top of the bin preferably slopes away from the kitchen wall W and may be shingled or otherwise rendered water-proof, and the doors will be covered with waterproofing. The materials and proportions of parts are not essential, but if the rear kitchen wall have windows the highest part of the top of the bin should not cover them. The structure is in effect a lean-to, and doubtless will commonly be built of wood.

The compartment 4 is for coal, and its floor let leads flush to an outlet opening 15 cut through the wall W' at the floor line at one side of the stove, and this opening will be closed by a door 16 having a button or other fastening device. Obviously' when" the housewife opens this door she can secure. coal for the stove, and when coal is not desired the door is closed and fastened and all is kept clean.` Above the door opening is another numbered 1S from whose lower side guides or cleats 19 extend back throughout the bin to its rear wall, and on these guides slides a drawer 20 whichis for wood, either of full size or kindling wood. The front 21 of this drawer is larger than the opening 18 which itoverlies and closes tightly when the drawer is in place,A and said front may have a handle 22. The drawer is filled. with wood or kindlings by opening the cover of this compartment, and through this opening, if it is of sufficient size, coal can be put into the bin. Obviously when the housewife draws out the drawer, wood or kindlings are ready at hand for use in the stove, and at other times the drawer is pushed closed so that its front Q1 seals the openings 18 and all is clean.

At the other side of the stove S an opening 30 is formed through the wall WV, and from this opening cleats or guides 31 of L- shaped cross section extend back to the rear wall of the bin in parallelism with each other. 0n these guides slides a drawer 32 AThe front of the drawer is closed by a plate 36 larger than the opening 30 and has a handle 37 simulating'the front plate and handle of the kindling drawer. Beneath the opening 30 is a table or bracket 3S on which the drawer rests when it is partly drawn out; and at the rear end of the drawer is a depending lip 39 of T-shaped structure as best .seen in Fig. 4, the head of the T traveling beneath the inner flanges of the guides as the drawer is moved out and in so as to prevent the inner end of the drawer from rising under the weight of the outer end when the drawer is drawn outward too far. This drawer or chute is for garbage or slop, usually poured into its front end in liquid forni, and which therefore runs down the inclined bottom and out the hole at the rear end of the saine. In the bottom of this compartment 5 beneath the guides is a slop can or pan 40 of-considerable length, so that whatever the position of the drawer the opening in its rear end is always over this pan; and therefore if the slops poured into it are sufliciently liquid to immediately run to therear, they will fall into the front portion of the pan, whereas if the slops are rather thick they will run more slowly and not drop through the hole into the pan until the drawer has been closed. The careful housewife will keep this drawer closed so as to seal the opening 30 and prevent the passage of insects or odors therethrough. The arrangement of other devices and furniture of the kitchen may be such as is most convenient, but the proximity of fuel supply and garbage disposal means to the stove is essential.

From the above description it will be seen that the coal in the bin flows through the opening 15 when the door thereof is opened; the wood and kindlings drawer may not act so much in the nature of a chute, but it is of u ndoubted use; and the garbage drawer in any position acts also as a chute because of the rearward incline of its bottom. From vtime to time the man of the house will remove the garbage pan and empty it, washing it carefully and replacing it and closing and fastening the door 9; and from time to time the housewife will scald the inte rior of the garbage drawer so that all will be kept clean. On occasions the bin must be filled with coal, and perhaps once a week the drawer mu'stbe filled with wood and kindlings. All chutes or drawers are exterior to the building, and preferably just outside the rear wall 7 of the kitchen K, and therefore the structure takesy up no'rooni inside the house, producesno more space which need be heated and cleaned further than as already described,'keeps the fuel Vand garbage under cover, and is a 'great convenience .to thehousewife. The proportions and materials of parts are not essential.

l. In a chute for garbage and the like, the combination with aV lean-to structure built outside a wall and itself having a door opening and means for closing the same, said wall having an opening into said struc ture, and L-shaped guides disposed within said structure in rear of said opening; of a garbage pan removably mounted beneath said guides, a` garbage drawer Aslidably mounted on the guides and having its bottoni inclined to its rear end and there provided with an opening, and a front plate and handle on said drawer, all for the purpose set forth.

2. Ina chute for garbage andthe like, the Y combination with a lean-to structure built outside a wall and itself having a door opening and means for closing the same, said wall having an opening into said-structure,

and L-shaped guides disposed within saidV structure and standing in rear of said opening; of a garbage receptacle beneath said guides, a rearwardly-inclined chute slidably mounted upon the guides and extending through said opening, a plate closing its front end and having a handle, and a table upon which this chute may be drawn out.

3. In a chute for garbage and the like, the combination with a lean-to structure built outside a wall and itself having a door opening and means for closing Vthe same, said wall having an opening into said structure, and guides disposed within said structure in rear of said opening; of a garbage receptacle beneath said guides, a garbage drawer slidably mounted on the guides and having an opening in its bottom overlying said receptacle, and an inverted T-shaped lip depending from'the bottom in rear of said opening, the head of the T engaging beneath said guides, for the purpose set forth. In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ELLA YROBERSON.

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